Practice sitting for the NBHWC Board Exam with a full-length 150-Question Practice Exam!
This practice exam is written in the same style as the NBHWC Board Exam and is fully based on the content outline.*
It includes detailed written instructions for preparing for the practice exam that will help you replicate Prometric's testing environment.
I recommend setting aside 4.5 hours to complete the entire test in one sitting. Once you submit your exam, you will be able to review your results and see answer explanations for the questions you answered incorrectly.
You'll have access to the test for 30 days. You may take the practice exam as many times as you'd like during that time.
*This practice exam is not affiliated the NBHWC or the NBME. I cannot guarantee that this practice exam will look exactly like the real test.
I'm a board certified health and wellness coach (NBC-HWC), a financial social work coach, a learning and development professional, and a behavior change expert with 13 years of experience helping people navigate transitions and change their lives through the power of coaching.
I started growing my coaching business in 2011 and ran it part time on the side of my corporate coaching and training career until I took it full-time in 2024. In the meantime, I earned over 5,000 hours of coaching experience, developed the NBHWC-approved training program at a leading corporate health and wellness company, was the lead faculty member for a coach training program for 3 years, trained over 200 new health coaches, helped over 100 students pass the NBHWC Board Exam, and managed continuing education for a team of 300 coaching professionals.
I'm a behavior change nerd who's passionate about leveling up the professional credibility of the coaching industry, providing high quality coaching to my clients, and helping out coaching professionals along the way.
Need a little more support studying? Consider joining my self-paced NBHWC Board Exam Prep Course! I'm so confident that my NBHWC Board Exam Prep Course will help you pass the exam that I will give you your money back if you don't pass the test.*
📓 Course Workbook
🗒️ Building Your Study Plan
📚 Organizing Your Study Materials
📓 Test Taking Tips and Tricks
🧠 Content Review Quizzes (75 bonus practice questions)
📝 150-Question Practice Exam
📋 Preparing for Exam Day
👩🏼💻 Optional Group Study Sessions
✔️ Additional Study Support Resources
*Please see the FAQs for additional details.
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Yes it is. I wrote my exam in the same format (5 answers, multiple choice), style (case studies, definitions, and concepts), and delivery (computer based with a piece of paper for taking notes) of the actual exam. I always ask my students to report back to me and tell me if they felt that my practice exam was representative of the actual exam and the vast majority of them say yes.
However, the exam changes every time it's administered and it is not possible to guarantee that my practice exam will look exactly like the real exam.
Yes, my questions are written in the same style as the NBHWC Board Exam (scenario-based case studies, definition and/or concept-based questions, with 5 multiple choice answers where more than one answer may be correct, but your job is to select the best answer.
I always ask my students to report back to me and tell me if they felt that my practice exam was representative of the actual exam and the vast majority of them say yes. However, the exam changes every time it's administered and it is not possible to guarantee that these questions or practice exam will look exactly like the real exam.
The purpose of my 150-Question Practice Exam is to give you an opportunity to practice answering exam questions, apply your knowledge in a similar environment to the Prometric testing center, and to help you see where you need to put your focus during your study sessions.
You will have access to this course for 30 days.
If you need your access extended for any reason, email me at sonjaecklund@gmail.com
No refunds will be given after signing up for The 150-Question Practice Exam.
However, if you sign up for my NBHWC Board Exam Prep Course, you can choose to participate in my money back guarantee.
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I'm really passionate about making high quality coaching education accessible to students from all economic backgrounds, so I offer the opportunity for programs to license this course material at a significant discount. This would allow your students to access this material for free.
If you think a practice exam could add value to your approved training program, let's schedule a time to meet and have a conversation about how I can support your program's goals.
If you're a student of an Approved Training Program who would like to see your program license a practice exam, send me an email at sonjaecklund@gmail.com and I'll reach out to your program's coordinator.
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